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Old 12-03-2007, 04:39 PM   #12 (permalink)
BjsAust
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Yeah, it can take a bit to mentally get around pushing yourself on your workouts. You'll find little tricks to help you get through. Some things I do.

Take note of 'halfway' points. "I'm halfway through my reps for this set", "I'm halfway through my sets", "I'm halfway through my workout". I find it helps to know I have less to go than I've already done.

Count reps remaining in my head. If I'm doing sets of 12, then at 9 I "only have 3 to go, 2 to go, 1 to go". It seems silly to stop when you only have a few reps remaining.

Of course there are times even tricks like that dont work, and you just have to close your eyes, grit your teeth and get them done 1 rep at a time and try to shut out the pain.

Good luck with it all, sounds like you're off to a good start .
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